αἱ ἀμείνους

ἀμείνων

better: masc /fem nom /acc comp pl

ἀμείνων

better: masc /fem acc pl

ἀμείνων

better: masc /fem nom /acc comp pl

ἀμείνων

better: masc /fem acc pl

     ἀποτελέω

     ἀπο-τελέω

    1) оканчивать, завершать, довершать

    

(τι Her.; τὸ τεῖχος Xen.; χῶμα ἐν πένθ΄ ἡμέραις ἀποτελούμενον Plat.; μάχη ἀπετελέσθη Polyb.)

    2) создавать, образовывать

(γωνίας στερεάς Plat.)

; делать

    

(ἀμείνους ἐκ χειρόνων Plat.)

    3) вызывать, причинять

    

(νοσήματα Plat.)

    4) pass. возникать

    

(ἔκ τινος Arst.)

    5) совершать, справлять

    

(τῷ θεῷ τὰ πάτρια Her.; τελετάς τινας Plat.)

    6) уплачивать, вносить

    

(τὰ νομιζόμενα Xen.; ἀπαρχήν Plat.)

    7) исполнять, удовлетворять

    

(εὐχάς Her.; τὰς ἐπιθυμίας Plat.)

    8) выполнять

    

(τὰ καθήκοντα Xen.; τὰ προσταχθέντα Plat.)

     διαιρέω

     δι-αιρέω

    (fut. διαιρήσω, aor. 2 διεῖλον, pf. διῄρηκα)

    1) снимать, срывать

    

(ὀροφήν Thuc., Xen.)

    2) раскалывать

    

(λίθους Arst.)

    3) разрезать, рассекать

    

(διαιρούμενα τὰ ἔντομα ζωέν ἔχει Arst.)

    4) прокалывать

    

(οἶστροι τὰ δέρματα διαιροῦσι Arst.)

    5) вырывать, выворачивать, выдергивать

    

(σταυρούς Xen.)

    6) взламывать, ломать

    

(πυλίδα Thuc.)

    7) разбирать, разрушать

    

(γέφυραν Her.)

    8) делить, разделять

    

(τρία μέρη Plat.; διαιρεθῆναι εἰς τὰ ἐλάχιστα Arst.; δ. τι εἰς μέρη τρισκαίδεκα Plut.; med. διελεῖσθαι τέν ληΐην Her.)

    9) различать

    

(αἰδῶ καὴ σωφροσύνην Xen.; αἱ διαιρεθεῖσαι κατηγορίαι Arst.)

    10) разбирать, толковать, разъяснять, тж. определять, рассуждать

    

(περί τινος Plat., Arst.)

    11) (раз)решать

    

δ. τὰς διαφοράς Her. и τὰ ἀμφίλογα Xen. — улаживать или разбирать споры;

διαιρ-έω,

A take apart, cleave in twain, divide,

διὰ δ' ἀμφοτέρους ἕλε κύκλους ἀσπίδος Il. 20.280

;

παῖδα κατὰ μέλεα διελών Hdt.1.119

; δ. λαγόν cut it open, ib. 123; δ. πυλίδα break it open, Th.4.110, 6.51;

δ. τὴν ὀροφήν

tear away, pull down,

Id.4.48

;

τοὺς σταυρούς X.An.5.2.21

; δ. τοῦ τείχους take down part of the wall, make a breach in it, Th.2.75; τὸ διῃρημένον the breach, ib.76,5.3; διῃρημένοι τὸ ὑπόζωμα, of insects, Arist. HA 556a18;

διαιρουμένος τὴν καρδίαν Phld.Sign.1

.

II divide, δύο μοίρας Λυδῶν the Lydians into two parts, Hdt.1.94, cf. 4.148;

δύο μερίδας D.48.12

;

δ. τριχῇ ψυχήν Pl.Phdr. 253c

;

δ. εἰς τὸ ἐλάχιστον Arist.Sens. 440b5

;

εἰς ὁμοιομερῆ Id.HA 486a5

([voice] Pass.):—[voice] Med., divide for themselves, κατ' ὀλίγας ναῦς διελόμενοι distributing their ships in small divisions, Th.4.11; τοῖς δικάζουσι δ. τὰ ὦτα lending an ear to both parties, Lib.Or.52.4; divide among themselves,

τιμάς Hes.Th. 112

;

τὴν ληΐην Hdt.9.85

;

κατὰ πόλεις τὸ ἔργον Th.7.19

;

τἀδικήματα D.45.38

: abs.,

δ. κατὰ πόλεις Th.5.114

:—[voice] Pass., διῃρημένοι κατ' ἀναπαύλας divided into relays, Id.2.75; διαιρήσομαι as [tense] fut. [voice] Pass., Pl.Plt. 261c;

διῄρητο τὰ τῶν Ἑλλήνων εἰς δύο D.10.51

.

2 break up, opp. συντιθέναι, Pl.Phd. 78c, etc.

3 dispense,

φάρμακον Plu.2.73b

.

III distinguish,

τυραννίδος εἴδη δύο διείλομεν Arist. Pol. 1295a8

, etc.;

δ. πότερα.. X.Oec.7.26

: abs., Ar.Nu. 742:—[voice] Med., Pl.Tht. 182c;

δ. τοὺς ἀμείνους καὶ τοὺς χείρονας Id.Lg. 950c

;

δ. περί τινος Id.Chrm. 163d

.

2 determine, decide,

διαφορὰς διαιρέοντες Hdt.4.23

;

δίκας A.Eu. 472

; τοῦτο πρᾶγμα ib. 488; ψήφῳ δ. τοῦδε πράγματος πέρι ib. 630;

τὰ ἀμφίλογα X.Vect.3.3

, cf. Pl.R. 571a, Prt. 314b, al.;

κλήρῳ δ. τὸν νικῶντα Id.Lg. 946b

;

δ. περί τινος Arist.Ph. 239b13

, etc.; διαιρείσθω πόσα εἴδη, etc., Id.Pol. 1300b18, etc.: abs., Ar. Ra. 1100; also

δ. εἴτε E.Ba. 206

codd.

3 define expressly, Hdt.7.16.γ and 103:—[voice] Med., c. acc. et inf., Id.7.47.

4 [voice] Med., interpret, τέρας, δημεῖον, D.H.4.60, 9.6.

IV in Logic, divide,

δ. κατ' εἴδη τὰ ὄντα Pl.Phdr. 273e

; divide a genus into its species, Arist.APo. 96b15, al.:—[voice] Med., Id.PA 642b5.

V Math., divide, Pl.Lg. 895e ([voice] Pass.); διελόντι, dividendo, Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.6, al.

VI divide words, punctuate in reading, Isoc.12.17, Arist.Rh. 1401a24 ([voice] Pass.); Gramm., resolve a diphthong or contracted form,

διῃρῆσθαι Ἰακῶς A.D.Pron.38.17

, cf. Corn.ND5, Hdn.Philet.p.456P. ([voice] Pass.).

VII allocate revenues, OGI573.24 ([place name] Cilicia).

κοῖλος, η, ον, [dialect] Aeol.and [dialect] Ion. κοίϊλος, prob. in Alc.15.5, Mimn.12.6; [full] κόϊλος, α, ον, Anacr.9 ([comp] Comp. - ώτερα), cf. A.D.Pron.87.5, Hdn.Gr.2.927:—

A hollow, Hom.mostly as epith. of ships,

κ. νῆες Il.1.26

, al. (later κ. ναῦς hold of the ship, Hdt.8.119, X.HG1.6.19, D.32.5; so ἡ κ. alone, Theoc.22.12, Callix.1;

τὰ κ. App.BC5.107

); κ. λόχος, κ. δόρυ, of the Trojan horse, Od.4.277, 8.507;

κ. σπέος 12.93

;

κ. πέτρα A. Eu.23

, S.Ph. 1081 (lyr.); κ. κάπετος, of a grave, Il.24.797, S.Aj. 1165 (anap.), cf. Ant. 1205;

κ. τάφρος E.Alc. 898

(anap.);

κ. νάρθηξ Hes. Op.52

;

ἄχερδος S.OC 1596

; κ. φλέψ vena cava, Hp.Loc.Hom.3, Gal. 2.786, 4.668;

σφόνδυλος κ. Pl.R. 616d

; of vessels,

ἀγγήϊα Hdt.4.2

;

κρατήρ S.OC 1593

;

ζύγαστρον Id.Tr. 692

;

κύλικος.. κοῖλον κύτος Pl.

Com.189; κ. ἄργυρος καὶ χρυσός silver and gold plate, Theopomp. Hist.283a, cf. S.Fr. 378, Arist.Oec. 1350b23, etc.;

κ. ἐκκοπεύς Gal.10.445

; νόμισμα κ. dub. sens. in Numen. ap. Eus.PE11.18; sunk,

γράψαι εἰς σανίδα κοῖλα γράμματα SIG1011.15

(Chalcedon, iii/ii B.C.), cf. Longin.Rh.p.199 H. (but κ. γραμμή curved line, Hero Bel.75.15); ἀλέαν εἰς τὸ θύρωμα κοίλαν curved canopy, Rev.Arch.22.63 (Callatis, iii B.C.); κ. ὑποδήματα boots that reach to mid-leg, Ael.NA6.23 (

κοῖλα ποσσὶν ὑποδέδεσθε Ezek.Exag. 181

, cf. Poll.7.84); κ. δέμνια empty bed, S.Tr. 901; κ. χείρ, of a beggar, AP12.212 (Strat.);

κ. ἱστίον Poll.1.107

; κοῖλος μήν short month, Gem.8.3, cf.

κοιλοποιέομαι, κοῖλος 11.3

: [comp] Comp., -

ότερος ὁλμοῦ Epich.81

.

2 of Places, lying in a hollow or forming a hollow, κ. Λακεδαίμων the vale of L., Od.4.1;

κ. Θεσσαλίη Hdt.7.129

;

κ. Ἄργος S.OC 378

, 1387;

Αὐλίδος κ. μυχοί E. IA 1600

;

κ. τόποι Plb.3.18.10

: as pr.n., K. Συρία the district between Lebanon and Anti Lebanon, Id.1.3.1, etc.; τὰ K.

τῆς Εὐβοίης Hdt. 8.13

; ἡ K. the valley of the Ilissus, name of Attic deme, Id.6.103, etc.: [comp] Comp.,

κοιλότερα τῆς κάτωθεν χώρας Arist.Mete. 352b33

.

b κ. λιμήν harbour lying between high cliffs, Od.10.92; κ. αἰγιαλός embayed beach, 22.385;

ἐν τῷ κ. καὶ μυχῷ τοῦ λιμένος Th.7.52

.

c κ. ὁδός hollow way, Il.23.419;

κ. ἄγυια Pi.O.9.34

.

d κ. ποταμός a river nearly empty of water, Th.7.84;

τοῦ ποταμοῦ κοίλου ῥυέντος Socr.

ap. Ath.9.388a; but κ. ποταμός with deep bed, Plb.21.37.4.

e τὰ κ. καὶ τὰ δασέα ravines grown with copsewood, Ar.Nu. 325.

3 κ. ἅλς, θάλασσα, the sea full of hollows, i.e. with a heavy swell on, A.R. 2.595, Plb.1.60.6.

4 κ. νοσήματα internal complaints, Philostr. VA3.44.

II metaph.,

1 of the voice, hollow, κόχλον ἑλὼν μυκήσατο

κοῖλον Theoc.22.75

(though here κοῖλον may agree with κόχλον)

; φθέγγεσθαι κ. καὶ βαρύ Luc.Ner.6

, Philostr.VA3.38;

ὁ -ότατος τῶν φθόγγων Aristid.Quint.1.10

.

2 Philos., hollow, empty, void of content, αἱ κ. ἐνέργειαι, opp. αἱ ἀμείνους, Herm.in Phdr.p.170A.: more freq.in [comp] Comp., κοιλοτέρα θεωρία, ζωή, ib.pp.67,68A.; τὰ -ότερα, opp. τὰ ὑπέρτερα, ib.p.143 A., cf. Dam.Pr.96; χωρῶν πρὸς τὸ κ. ib. 379.

3 ἡμέραν κ. ποιεῖσθαι allow payments to lapse for a day (cf.

κοιλαίνω 11.2

), BGU1136.5 (i B.C.); οὐδεμίαν δόσιν κ. ποιεῖσθαι ib. 1146.15 (i B.C.).

III concave, τὸ κ., opp. τὸ κυρτόν, Arist.Ph. 222b3, EN 1102a31;

κοῖλα καὶ ἐσέχοντα Philostr.Im.2.20

; of military formations, Ascl.Tact.11.1.

2 bending, yielding,

κλῇθρα S. OT 1262

;

σταθμὰ θυράων Theoc.24.15

.

IV Subst. κοῖλον, τό, hollow, cavity, Pl.Phd. 109b, al.; esp. of cavities in the body,

τὰ κ. γαστρός E.Ph. 1411

; τὰ κ. [τῆς καρδίας] the ventricles, Arist.HA 496a13; τὸ κ. τῶν νεφρῶν ib. 497a11;

τὸ τῶν χειρῶν κ. Apollod.

ap. Ath. 11.479a;

τὸ κ. τοῦ.. ποδός Hp.Epid.5.48

: prov., τὸ κ. τοῦ ποδὸς δεῖξαι to show 'a clean pair of heels', Hsch.; τὰ κ. τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν, τοῦ προσώπου, Hp.Mul.2.119, Nat.Mul.9 codd. (sed leg. κύλα) ; τὰ κ. alone, hollows of the side, flanks, like κενεών, Arist.HA 630a3.

2 κοῖλος· θυρεών, οὐκ ἔχων θύρας, Hsch.

ἀποτελέω, [tense] fut. -τελέσω, [dialect] Att. -τελῶ,

A bring to an end, complete a work, Hdt.5.92.ή, X.HG3.2.10, Pl.Plt. 308e, etc.:—[voice] Pass., Th.4.69: [tense] pf. part. ἀποτετελεσμένος perfect,

ἐπίτροπος X.Oec.13.3

.

2 produce,

νοσήματα Pl.Ti. 84c

, cf. Epicur.Ep.1p.20U., M.Ant.10.26, etc.: —[voice] Pass., Arist.Cael. 268b26.

3 pay or perform what is due,

τὰς εὐχάς σφι ἀ. Hdt.2.65

;

τῷ θεῷ τὰ πάτρια Id.4.180

; of rent or tribute,

τὰ νομιζόμενα X.Cyr.3.2.19

;

ἀπαρχὴν τῶν ἐκ τῆς γῆς Pl.Lg. 806e

; pay or suffer, παραπλήσια τοῖς Καμβύσου παθήμασιν ib. 695e.

4 accomplish, perform,

τὰ καθήκοντα X.Cyr. 1.2.5

;

προσταχθέντα Pl.Lg. 823d

;

τὰ προσήκοντα Id.Criti. 108d

; ἀ. ἄρτον accomplish the making of bread, Hp.VM3;

ἓν ὑφ' ἑνὸς ἕργον ἄριστ' ἀποτελεῖται Arist.Pol. 1273b10

.

b esp. of astral influences, Ptol.Tetr.1, D.C.45.1, etc.; cf. ἀποτέλεσμα. c. Astrol., make a forecast, περὶ ζωῆς Ps. Ptol.Centil. 215.

5 render of a certain kind, τὴν πόλιν ἀ. εὐδαίμονα make the state quite happy, Pl.Lg. 718b;

ἀμείνους ἐκ χειρόνων ἀ. Id.Plt. 297b

, cf. Lg. 823d;

τοιούτους ἄνδρας ὥστε.. Plb.6.52.11

:—in [voice] Med., ἄμεμπτον φίλον ἀποτελέσασθαι make him without blame towards himself. X.Lac.2.13:— [voice] Pass.,

τύραννος ἀντὶ προστάτου ἀποτετελεσμένος Pl.R. 566d

; ἐνύπνιον τέλεον ἀ. turns out.., ib. 443b.

6 fill up, satiate,

τὰς ἐπιθυμίας Id.Grg. 503d

:—[voice] Pass., Id.R. 558e, al.

II [voice] Pass., to be worshipped, Id.Smp. 188d.

ὁμο-γενής, ές,

A of the same race or family,

ζῷα Democr.164

, cf. E.Or. 244, Pl.Ti. 18d ;

ὁ. ψυχά E.Ph. 1291

(lyr.) ; ὁ. μιάσματα, of bloodshed in a family, Id.Med. 1268 (lyr.): c. gen.,

ἀνδροκτόνου γυναικὸς ὁ. Trag.Adesp.358

;

ὁ. ἐμός E.IT 918

; ἀμείνους τῶν ὁ. better than their fellows, Phld.Rh.1.223 S.

2 in Arist., τὰ ὁμογενῆ of the same genus, in regard to animals, congeners, GA 715a23, al.: generally, of the same kind or general character, Cat. 5b19, al., Epicur.Ep.1p.14U., Ti.Locr.99d ; opp. ἑτερογενής, Demetr. Lac.Herc.1429.2 ; opp. ἀνομογενής, Stoic.2.81: c. gen.,

μανίας οὐχ ὁμογενῆ τὴν ὀργήν Phld.Ir.p.39

W.: c. dat., Epicur.Sent.18.

II sharing one brood with, S.OT 1361 (lyr., ὁμολεχής Meineke).

ὑπηρεσ-ία, ἡ, ([etym.] ἐρέτης)

A body of rowers, ship's crew,

οἵ τε ναῦται καὶ οἱ ἐπιβάται καὶ ἡ ὑ. D.50.30

, cf. 10,25,al.; ὑ. κρατίστην ἐμισθωσάμην ib.7;

εἶχον κυβερνήτην Φαντίαν.., παρεσκευασάμην δὲ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα πρὸς ἐκεῖνον καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ὑ. ἀκόλουθον Lys.21.10

;

κυβερνήτας ἔχομεν πολίτας καὶ τὴν ἄλλην ὑ. πλείους καὶ ἀμείνους ἢ ἅπασα ἡ ἄλλη Ἑλλάς Th.1.143

;

τῆς ἄλλης ὑ. IG12.98.22

;

χρεία πλοίων ἐστὶ καὶ τῆς κατὰ θάλατταν ὑ. Plb.5.109.1

: pl., crews, Th.6.31, 8.1, Isoc.4.142; pl. of naval equipment, [

ναῦς] εὖ ταῖς ὑ. ἐξηρτυμένη Plb.1.25.3

;

ἡ θρὶξ [τῶν αἰγῶν] ἀναγκαία.. εἰς ναυτικὰς ὑπηρεσίας Gp.18.9.3

.

II generally, service,

δουλεία καὶ ὑ. Ar.V. 602

(anap.);

ἰατρικὴ ὑ. Pl.Lg. 961e

;

αἱ σωματικαὶ ὑ. Arist.Pol. 1259b26

; μόρια τὰ πρὸς ταύτην τὴν ὑ. (sc. πορεύεσθαι) Id.Juv. 468a19;

αἱ ὑ. αἱ ἔξωθεν κινητικαί Id.PA 684b33

;

τέχναι καὶ γοητεῖαι καὶ ὅλως ὑ. τινές

all kinds of service,

D. Prooem.52

(s. v.l., deceptions seems to be the sense);

πᾶσαν λειτουργίαν καὶ ὑ. ἐκτελεῖν CIG2786

([place name] Aphrodisias);

παρέχειν τι εἰς ὑ. τινί Pl.Lg. 717c

;

ἡ ἐμὴ τῷ θεῷ ὑ. Id.Ap. 30a

;

τίς αὕτη ἡ ὑ. ἐστὶ τοῖς θεοῖς; Id.Euthphr. 14d

;

τὰς ἐκείνων ὑ. εἰς αὑτόν Id.Lg. 729d

, cf. Arist. EN 1158a17;

ἄλλας ὑ. ὑποστάντα τῇ πόλει IG4.609

([place name] Argos), cf. 12(5).946.23 (Tenos, i/ii A. D.), CIG 2767 ([place name] Aphrodisias), etc.

2 in concrete sense, in pl., the class of servants or attendants, Pl.Lg. 956e, Ep. 350a, cf. IG5(1).1390.98 (Andania, i B. C.): also in sg., retinue, LXX Jb.1.3, OGI139.8 (Philae, ii B. C.); of shop-assistants, Sardis7(1).168 (iv A. D.).

3 ὑ. σοι παντελὴς.. κεραμίων 'a dinner- service', Axionic.7.

ἀγαθός, ή, όν (Hom.+) Comp. ἀμείνων (not in NT, but e.g. PGM 5, 50; 6, 2; Jos., Bell. 5, 19, Ant. 11, 296) 1 Cl 57:2; IEph 13:2; 15:1; βελτίων, also κρείσσων, colloq. ἀγαθώτερος (Diod S 8 Fgm. 12, 8; Judg 11:25 B; 15:2 B) Hm 8:9, 11. Superl. ἄριστος (Jos., C. Ap. 2, 156, Ant. 16, 142; Ath., R. 72, 8); colloq. ἀγαθώτατος (Diod S 16, 85, 7; Philo Bybl. [c. 100 A.D.] s. below 2aα; Heliod. 5, 15, 2; Synes., Ep. 143; Jos., Bell. 2, 277) Hv 1, 2, 3.—Ael. Dion. α, 10 rejects the forms ἀγαθώτερος, -τατος as wholly foreign to Greek (B-D-F §61, 1). When used of pers., freq. in ref. to good citizenship or acceptance of communal responsibility (cp. the def. in Cleanthes 3 [Coll. Alex. p. 229]).

① pert. to meeting a relatively high standard of quality, of things.

ⓐ adj. useful, beneficial καρποί (Procop. Soph., Ep. 27; Sir 6:19; Da 4:12 LXX) Js 3:17. δένδρον Mt 7:17f. γῆ productive, fertile soil (X., Oec. 16, 7 γῆ ἀ.—γῆ κακή; Diod S 5, 41, 6; Arrian, Anab. 4, 28, 3; Jos., Ant. 5, 178) Lk 8:8; B 6:8, 10. δόματα beneficial (Sir 18:17) Mt 7:11; Lk 11:13. δόσις Js 1:17; λόγος ἀ. πρὸς οἰκοδομήν useful for edification Eph 4:29 (cp. X., Mem. 4, 6, 11; Chion, Ep. 3, 6 πρὸς ἀνδρείαν ἀμείνους; Isocr. 15, 284 ἄριστα πρὸς ἀρετήν); γνώμη ἀ. a gracious declaration 1 Cl 8:2; ἡμέραι ἀ. happy (Cass. Dio 51, 19; PGen 61, 10; Sir 14:14; 1 Macc 10:55) 1 Pt 3:10; 1 Cl 22:2 (both Ps 33:13; 34:12); cp. 50:4.

ⓑ used as a pure subst.: sg. (Hom. et al.; ins, pap, LXX), ἀγαθόν, οῦ, τό the good (Diog. L. 1, 105 ἀγαθόν τε καὶ φαῦλον=a good and bad thing at the same time. TestAbr A 4, p. 80, 32 [Stone p. 8] of food); opp. (τὸ) κακόν Did., Gen. 21, 5; pl. ἀγαθά, ῶν, τά good things, possessions.

α. quite gener. τὰ ἀγαθά σου Lk 16:25 (cp. Job 21:13; En 103:3; PsSol 1:6, 5, 18; 17:44; 18:6; the opp. of τὰ κακά as Ephorus of Cyme [IV B.C.] περὶ ἀγαθῶν κ. κακῶν: 70 test. 1 Jac.; Diod S 18, 53, 1 ἀγαθῶν τε καὶ κακῶν μεταλαμβάνων; Job 2:10; s. SAalen NTS 13, ’66, 5 on En 98:9); τοιαῦτα ἀ. such fine things Hs 9, 10, 1.—ποιήσαι ταῦτα κ. περισσότερα ἀ. μεθʼ ἡμῶν to do these and far better things for us 1 Cl 61:3.

β. possessions, treasures (Hdt. 2, 172 et al.; PRyl 28, 182 δεσπότης πολλῶν ἀγαθῶν κ. κτημάτων; Sir 14:4; Wsd 7:11; TestJob 4:8; SibOr 3, 660; 750) Lk 1:53 (Ps 106:9.—Amphis Com. Fgm. 28 [IV B.C.], in Athen. 3, 56, 100a, χορτάζομαι ἐν ἅπασιν ἀγαθοῖς; Sb 7517, 4 [211/12 A.D.] ἀγαθῶν πεπληρῶσθαι); Gal 6:6; Hv 3, 9, 6; τὰ ἀ. τῆς γῆς 1 Cl 8:4 (Is 1:19; cp. TestAbr A 4 p. 81, 18 [Stone p. 10] ἀ. τῶν ἐπιγείων); esp. of crops (Diod S 3, 46, 1 τὰ ἀ.=‘the good gifts’, specifically ‘products of nature’; likewise 19, 26, 3. Even more generally Synes., Kingship 16 p. 17d τὰ ἀ.=food; Philo, Op. M. 16, Mos. 1, 6) Lk 12:18f.

γ. possessions of a higher order (Dio Chrys. 64 [14], 1 ἐλευθερία as μέγιστον τ. ἀγαθῶν; Ael. Aristid. 24, 4 K.=44 p. 825 D.: ὁμόνοια as μέγ. τῶν ἀ.; 45, 18 K.=8 p. 89 D.: τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς ἀγ. Diog. L. 6, 4 the priest promises the initiate into the Orphic mysteries πολλὰ ἐν ᾅδου ἀγαθά) Ro 3:8; 10:15 (Is 52:7).—Hb 9:11; 10:1; 2 Cl 6:6; 15:5.

② pert. to meeting a high standard of worth and merit, good

ⓐ as adj.

α. of humans and deities (the primary focus is on usefulness to humans and society in general, so Pind.+, s. AAdkins Merit and Responsibility ’60, 189f) beneficent, of God (Dio Chrys. 80 [30], 26 οἱ θεοί; Zoroaster in Philo Bybl.: 790 Fgm. 4, 52 Jac. [Eus. PE 1, 10, 52] God is ἀγαθῶν ἀγαθώτατος. Sallust. 1 πᾶς θεὸς ἀγαθός; contrast Did., Gen. 109, 3 ὁ διάβολος οὐ φύσει κακός … ἐστίν, ἀλλὰ … ἀγαθὸς γέγονεν.—Cp. IKosPH 92, 6f which calls Nero ἀ. θεός, ἀγαθὸς δαίμων [OGI 666, 3; POxy 1021, 8, both referring to Nero; POxy 1449, 4; s. also JKroll, D. Lehren d. Hermes Trismeg. 1914, 90; Rtzst., Erlösungsmyst. 189; 191ff] and Sb 349 θεῷ ἀγαθῷ Διὶ Ἡλίῳ; Philo, Leg. All. 1, 47 al.; Celsus 4, 14) Mt 19:17b (in Cleanthes, Stoic. I 127, 3ff [Eus. PE 13, 13, 37], a description of God follows the question τἀγαθὸν ἐρωτᾷς μʼ οἷόν ἐστʼ; cp. Orig., C.Cels. 3, 70, 9; Did., Gen. 98, 28); Mk 10:18b (Unknown Sayings 33–36); Lk 18:19b; Dg 8:8 (on these passages cp. Simonid., Fgm. 4, 6f χαλεπὸν ἐσθλὸν [=ἀγαθός ln. 10] ἔμμεναι; 7 θεὸς ἂν μόνος τοῦτʼ ἔχοι γέρας); μόνος ἀ. ἐστιν ibid.; πατὴρ ἀ. 1 Cl 56:16 (Philo, Op. M. 21 ἀ. εἶναι τὸν πατέρα κ. ποιητήν); ἀ. ἐν τ. ὁρωμένοις good in the visible world 60:1.—Of Christ Mk 10:17, 18a (DomGMurray, Downside Review 103, ’85, 144–46, w. ref. to Pirke Aboth 6, 3); Lk 18:18, 19a (WWagner, ZNW 8, 1907, 143–61; FSpitta, ibid. 9, 1908, 12–20; BWarfield, PTR 12, 1914, 177–228; WCaspari, Christent. u. Wissensch. 8, ’32, 218–31.—Cp. also the saying of Pythagoras in Diog. L., Prooem. 12, who does not wish to be called σοφός because μηδένα εἶναι σοφὸν ἀλλʼ ἢ θεόν); J 7:12.—Of humans, other than Jesus Mt 12:35; Ro 5:7; D 3:8; νομοθέται B 21:4; πονηροί τε καὶ ἀ. good and bad designating a motley crowd Mt 22:10. Same contrast 5:45 (cp. Jos., Ant. 8, 314). βελτίονα ποιεῖν make better 1 Cl 19:1; βελτίω γενέσθαι become better Dg 1; kind, generous (X., Cyr. 3, 3, 4; CIG 37, 49) Mt 20:15 (in Mk 10:17f=Lk 18:18 [s. above] it is understood as kind by JWellhausen, EKlostermann, Billerb., Wagner, Spitta, Dalman [Worte 277], EHirsch [D. Werden des Mk ’41, 246]); δεσπόται benevolent 1 Pt 2:18 (cp. PLips 40 II, 19, where a slave says ὁ ἀγαθὸς δεσπότης μου). δοῦλος (Heraclitus, Ep. 9, 3 [p. 212, 4 Malherbe]) Mt 25:21, 23; Lk 19:17. ἀνήρ (Teles p. 16, 6; Diod S 20, 58, 1; Epict. 3, 24, 51 al.; PLond I, 113/1, 8 p. 201; 2 Macc 15:12; 4 Macc 4:1; Jos., Bell. 5, 413, Ant. 18, 117; JGerlach, ΑΝΗΡ ΑΓΑΘΟΣ, diss. Munich ’32) Lk 23:50; Ac 11:24; νέαι Tit 2:5. ἀπόστολοι superb 1 Cl 5:3.

β. of things characterized esp. in terms of social significance and worth, πνεῦμα Lk 11:13 v.l.; ἐντολή Ro 7:12 (Ps.-Archytas [IV B.C.] in Stob., Ecl. 4, 138, IV 85, 17 H. νόμος ἀ. καὶ καλός); ἀγγελία (Pr 25:25) Hv 3, 13, 2; παιδεία Hs 6, 3, 6; μνεία ἀ. kindly remembrance 1 Th 3:6 (2 Macc 7:20 μνήμη ἀ.); ἐλπίς dependable (Pla., Rep. 331a; Chariton 7, 5, 10; Jos., Ant. 14, 96) 2 Th 2:16; μερὶς ἀ. the better part Lk 10:42; πρᾶξις (Democr. 177 πρῆξις; Did., Gen. 69, 7) 1 Cl 30:7; συνείδησις clear Ac 23:1; 1 Ti 1:5, 19; 1 Pt 2:19 v.l.; 3:16, 21; 1 Cl 41:1; διάνοια Hm 5, 2, 7; ἐπιθυμία (Pr 11:23; 13:12) pure (i.e. directed toward pure things) desire m 12, 1, 1f; 2:4f; 3:1; γνώμη ἀ. good intention B 21:2; ἀ. ἐν Χριστῷ ἀναστροφή admirable Christian conduct 1 Pt 3:16; ἀ. θησαυρός Mt 12:35; Lk 6:45; καρδία καλὴ καὶ ἀ. 8:15; ἔργον (Thu. 5, 63, 3; PCairMasp 151, 237) a good deed 2 Cor 9:8; Col 1:10; 1 Ti 5:10; 2 Ti 2:21; 3:17; Tit 1:16; 3:1; 1 Cl 2:7; 33:1; 34:4. Pl. ἔργα ἀ. (Empedocles [V B.C.] 112, 2) 1 Ti 2:10; also specif. of benefactions (w. ἐλεημοσύναι) Ac 9:36; 1 Cl 33:7; ἐν παντὶ ἔργῳ κ. λόγῳ ἀ. (for this Hellenic formulation cp. Lk 24:19; Ac 7:22; for the simple λόγος ἀ. s. 3Km 8:56; 4 Km 20:19; Is 39:8) 2 Th 2:17; ὑπομονὴ ἔργου ἀ. persistency in doing right Ro 2:7.

ⓑ as subst., sg. (s. 1b). Opp. (τὸ) κακόν Did., Gen. 21, 5; 27, 5.

α. that which is beneficial or helpful ἐργάζεσθαι τὸ ἀ. do what is good Ro 2:10; Hm 4, 2, 2; 7:4; also specif. of benefaction Gal 6:10 and of socially acceptable work Eph 4:28; Hm 2:4; τὸ ἀ. ποιεῖν (cp. Jos., Bell. 1, 392) Ro 13:3b; Hm 8:12; cp. 6, 2, 8.—Mt 19:17a; Ro 7:13; 12:9; 16:19; 1 Th 5:15; 1 Pt 3:13; 1 Cl 21:6; 2 Cl 13:1; Hm 8:2, 7.

β. τὰ ἀ. (ἀληθινὰ ἀ. Orig., C. Cels 7, 21, 10) good deeds J 5:29; cp. Hm 10, 3, 1 (TestAbr A 9 p. 87, 28 [Stone p. 22] ἀγαθά τε καὶ πονηρά).—B. 1176. DELG. M-M. TW. Sv.